Sama River is a
river on the
Pacific slope, located on the southern coast of
Peru, in the
department of Tacna
Tacna (; Aymara & Quechua: Taqna) is the southernmost department and region in Peru. The Chilean Army occupied the present-day Tacna Department during the War of the Pacific from 1885 to 1929 when it was reincorporated into Peruvian soil.
Geogr ...
. It is born in the Cotanvilque lagoon located in the Andean peaks south of the
western mountain range of the
Peruvian Andes
Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian ...
in the
province of Tarata, between the Contanvilque and Cauchina hills,
[ and runs from east to west crossing the coastal desert of Peru to its mouth in the '']Mar de Grau
The ''Mar de Grau'' ( es, Grau's Sea) is the official name for the body of water in the Pacific Ocean under the control of the South American country of Peru. This body of water extends in length approximately 3,079.50 kilometre, km, from the pa ...
'', located in the province of Tacna.
History
It receives its name from the confluence of the Salado and Tala rivers,political boundary
Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Political borders ...
between Peru and Chile after the War of the Pacific with the Treaty of Ancón.
Basin
The Sama River has a length of 164 km from its source and its basin has an area of 4,738 km2,[ covering the provinces of Tarata and Tacna in the ]department of Tacna
Tacna (; Aymara & Quechua: Taqna) is the southernmost department and region in Peru. The Chilean Army occupied the present-day Tacna Department during the War of the Pacific from 1885 to 1929 when it was reincorporated into Peruvian soil.
Geogr ...
. The Sama River basin is bordered to the north by the Locumba River basin, to the east by the Maure River basin, to the south by the Caplina River basin and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.[
]
See also
* List of rivers of Peru
*Ticalaco River
Ticalaco River is a river on the Pacific slope, located in southern Peru, department of Tacna, it runs from east to west crossing the coastal desert of Peru until its mouth at the Sama River in Tacna Province.
Historically, from 1885 to 1925, the ...
References
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Rivers of Tacna Region
Chile–Peru border